History Quiz #729
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 2 January 2023
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Q1.
Ex-US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plays which musical instrument?
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2
Q2.
In Greek legend, what were Stheno, Euryale and Medusa, winged female monsters with snakes for hair who turned mortals to stone if they looked directly at them?
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3
Q3.
Where did the Simon Commission start sitting in 1928 to consider constitutional reform in that country?
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Q4.
NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) welcomed which new member on 6 May 1955?
A
West Germany (the Federal Republic of Germany)
B
East Germany (the German Democratic Republic)
C
The Republic of Turkiye
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5
Q5.
Up to 1974, the title of "Negus" was used for the traditional rulers of what country?
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Q6.
On 31 October 1941, the USS Reuben James, a post-World War I four-funnelled Clemson-class destroyer, became the first US Navy ship to do what?
B
Successfully cross the Atlantic during World War II
C
Be sunk by hostile action in World War II
D
Support a major deep-sea diving operation
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Q7.
By what name is the Roman Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus better known?
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